Failed World Record Jump Caught On GoPro

French Rally car driver Guerlain Chicherit attempted to break the world record for the longest car jump on March 18th earlier this year. The idea was to clear a 360-foot jump across a gap than spanned between a steel ramp and a concrete landing. Preparations were made and 15 different parameters were calculated before Chicherit set off from the top of a snowy mountain, reaching speedsnof 160kmh.

However things did not go according to plan, with Chicherit’s car taking a sharp nosedive causing the car to flip over and roll. Although footage was released at the time of the accident by spectators, the whole event was also captured on a GoPro camera from within the car and GoPro has just released new footage of the accident. Watch how Chicherit reacts as he realises it has gone wrong and then miraculously walks away unscathed!

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The launch ramp was too steep which caused the car to hang in the air too long; resulting in the nose coming down too late. Had he been lower to the ground, he’d have landed sooner while the nose was more parallel to the ground.

Eseris

~ Might have worked out if the landing rap was a tad higher, as well.

John Smith

He should have skipped breakfast.

JonEdHil

Wow! That was AWESOME!!!

Gareth

I thought anyone in his position would know to cross their arms and grab hold of their harnesses in the event of a crash. He’s lucky his arms weren’t crushed outside the car.

Elliot

The revs dropping caused the car to nose down, from the real-time side shot you can hear the car’s engine slow accompanied by an increased rotation in the car. If the revs had stayed constant, the car’s nose might not have dropped so much, but also the car might have rolled slightly due to the torque from the engine.

pocketdrummer

I was about to mention this. If you’ve ever seen the Colin McRae instructional video, he talks about how you can use the gyroscopic effect to pitch the car up or down mid-air. He probably should have floored it halfway through the air. Then again, that may not have helped enough given his trajectory.

Miked

I like how every person replying to this is a engineer.

Gareth

“…and then miraculously walks away unscathed!”
Not sure this is entirely correct?

Dat Guy

see kids this is why you wear a helmet and use roll cages

http://www.Criss-AC.net Cristian N. MORMOLOC

Engineers… engineers everywhere.

Rick Smith

It was AMESOME, but I do hope he makes his next jump.

Private_Eyescream

Well, technically he did make the jump twice.
On the second jump, he is out for one wrecked vehicle.